Chapter 8: Crop An Image Cropping, Resizing, Retouching, And Transforming Photos; Cropping - Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual

Chapter 8: Crop an image Cropping,
resizing, retouching, and transforming
photos
To create a customized image composition, you can crop and resize images. Cropping a photo can create a focal point
for a picture, or remove distracting background images. Resizing a photo lets you include more pictures on a page, or
fit photos better into a layout. You can retouch certain areas of a photo to fix red eye, replace colors, and soften, blur,
or sharpen an image. You can also rotate, resize, distort or apply perspective to a photo, layer, or selection, and even
manipulate a flat, two-dimensional image as if it were a solid, three-dimensional object.

Cropping

Crop an image
The Crop tool removes the part of an image surrounding the crop marquee, or selection. Cropping is useful for
removing distracting background elements and creating a focus for your photo. By default, when you crop a photo,
the resolution remains the same as the original photo. Using the Photo Ratio option allows you to view and modify the
size and resolution when cropping a photo. If you use a preset size, the resolution changes to fit the preset.
Crop a photo to remove some of the distracting background.
In the Edit workspace, select the Crop tool
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2 If you want to use a resolution other than that of the original photo, select one of the following options from the
Aspect Ratio menu or specify new custom values in the Width and Height boxes in the options bar:
Lets you resize the image to any dimension.
No Restriction
Displays the original aspect ratio of the photo when you crop. The Width and Height boxes show the
Use Photo Ratio
values that are used for the cropped image. The Resolution box allows you to change the image resolution.
, or in the Elements Organizer, select the Fix tab and click
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